Our Team
Dedicated to:
Building Boats,
Nurturing Lives,
Helping Others
LUKE O'NEILL
Interim Executive Director
Luke’s work in leadership-focused education began when he joined Outward Bound in 1990. His career includes launching and leading educational ventures including American Explorers, a program of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Shackleton School, an independent, expedition-based high school in Boston, The Henderson International School in Henderson, Nevada, and The Cape May Fund.
CHELSEA FISHER
Apprenticeship Program Director
Born in Texas and raised in rural Wisconsin, Chelsea did not discover sailing or wooden boats until 2007 when she happened upon a tall ship festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
DAN ASHER
Fleet and Facilities Manager
Born in Worcester, MA and raised in a Soviet Jewish immigrant family in New York City, Dan fell in love with the Northeast bioregion spending his adolescent summers at Camp Thoreau in Thetford, Vermont.
MATTHEW DIRR
Wooden Boat Building Instructor
Matthew was born in Houston, Texas, but only lived there for 3 months as his family moved to various states in the East and eventually Madrid, Spain before he graduated from high school.
SOPHIA DELLOLIO-CABLE
Campus Chef
Food has always been a window to the world for Sophia. Raised by an Italian mother with a deep love of cooking, she grew up immersed in rich flavors, cherished traditions, and the warmth of sharing a meal.
Board of Directors
ABBY ROWE
President
Abby was an apprentice at the Carpenter’s Boat Shop in 2000 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2014.
KAREN FILLER
Vice-President
Karen moved to Maine in 1999 with her husband Matt from Simsbury, Connecticut.
PETER MCNAUGHTON
Treasurer
Peter McNaughton was born and raised in South Africa.
LISA CONWAY
Lisa is a lifelong sailor whose first introduction to the Boat Shop was as a summer volunteer for the Community Housing Improvement Project (CHIP, Inc.).
MATTHEW FILLER
Matt is a Rhode Island native and holds a BA degree from Norwich University.
TODD GARTH
Todd and his wife, Laura, apprenticed together at the Carpenter’s Boat Shop and married there in 1992.
ED HAMILTON
In 1972, Ed sailed from England to Tortola, British Virgin Islands, eventually starting his own Bareboat Charter Company which grew to a fleet of 55 boats before it was sold.
PHYLLIS IVES
Phyllis Ives has deep family roots in Pemaquid (her ancestors built the red and white farmhouses at the Boat Shop) and was first invited onto the Board in 2002 by Ruth Ives.
DAVID LEVESQUE
David Levesque is the owner of Levesque Law which has offices in Damariscotta and Bath.
KEITH ROWAN
Keith’s exposure to CBS goes back to its beginnings with his grandfather’s admiration of Bobby in the pulpit all around the central coast of Maine.
BRAD TANNEBRING
Following a 41 year career with GE Aviation, Brad and his wife Deb retired to Pemaquid Falls in the fall of 2019.
RICK MILLER
Richard (Rick) Miller is recently retired as a Professor and Dean of Faculty...
JENNIFER THOMPSON
Jennifer grew up boating and sailing around the Barnegat Bay in New Jersey and the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
RUSTY KENDALL
Rusty is the CFO of Charleston based Sherman Financial Group. Before moving to Charleston and joining Sherman in 2008.